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Sharing with the gods : aparchai and dekatai in ancient Greece /

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This book provides a comprehensive account of the offering all over the Greek world of so-called ‘first-fruits' (aparchai) and ‘tithes' (dekatai) from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period (c. 700 to 31 B.C.). Existing studies of Greek religion tend to focus on ritual performance, but this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jim, Suk Fong (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Oxford classical monographs.
Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies > Greece.
Gods, Greek.
Greece > Religious life and customs.
Greece > Religion.
Rites et cérémonies > Grèce.
Dieux grecs.
Grèce > Religion.
Gods, Greek
Religion
Rites and ceremonies
Greece
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
European Religions - pre-Christian.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A history of 'first-fruits'
  • The vocabulary of Aparche, Aparchesthai, and related terms
  • Religious mentality in first offerings
  • Agricultural first offerings
  • First offerings at meals
  • Private dedications
  • Military first offerings
  • A network of Aparchai: religion, politics, and power
  • A/eparchai and Dekatai in cult finance
  • Conclusion.